The Institute of Brain Medicine will conduct seminars, lectures, workshops and courses in brain medicine. The previous Psychopharmacology Course conducted by the faculty members at the University of Hong Kong was highly popular and will be expanded as one of the main educational activities of the Institute, namely the "Institute of Brain Medicine Certificate in Neuro-psychopharmacology".

Syllabus
Basic Neuro-psychopharmacology and applied Neurosciences

1. Elements of life, amino acids, peptides, proteins, protein 3-D structures and drugs
2. Brain areas and drug actions
3. Neurons and network
4. Neurotransmitters, transporters and Receptors
5. Drug molecules
6. Blood brain barrier, glycoprotein and drug transport
7. Drugs with brain targets
   1. Neuroprotective agents
   2. Antidepressant drugs
   3. Mood stabilizers
   4. Antianxiety drugs
   5. Sedatives and hypnotics
   6. Antipsychotic drugs
   7. Drugs for dementia
   8. Anticonvulsants
   9. Drugs for strokes
   10. Drugs for Parkinson disease
   11. Drugs for other degenerative brain disorders
   12. Cognitive enhancers, drugs for wakefulness and psychostimulants
   13. Substance abuse and drugs in addiction
8. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
9. P450, Drug-drug interaction
10. Pharmaco-immunology
11. Pharmaco-endocrinology
12. Drug discovery and development
13. Animal models of brain disorders
14. Animal model for drug testing
15. Applied Pharmaco-genetics and genomics

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Clinical Psychopharmacology

1. Drug Trials: design and phases
2. Clinical Rating scales
3. The affective disorders
4. The psychotic disorders
5. The anxiety disorders
6. The sleep disorders
7. Eating disorders
8. Addictive disorders
9. Dementia, Parkinson disease and other degenerative brain disorders
10. PTSD
11. OCD
12. ADHD, autism and other attention disorders
13. Epilepsy
14. Suicidal risks with drugs
15. Polypharmacy
16. Side effects and adverse effects
17. Managing drug treatment across the life cycle: the young, the elderly, women and the pregnant
18. Metabolism, Hormones and drugs
19. Psychosomatics and Pain management
20. Pharmaco-economics
21. Drugs, crime and Violence
22. Litigation
23. Dangerous drugs
24. Long term treatment, compliance and management of drug therapy goals
25. Supplementary and complementary non-drug therapies

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This Certificate Course will be conducted by various faculty members of the Institute. Candidates will enroll in three separate Courses of 2-3 days each within a period of three years, which will cover the syllabus. A Certificate will be awarded on completion of the required three courses. Click here for course details.